Rosie O’Donnell calls Swalwell scandal ‘heartbreaking,’ compares him to Clinton: ‘Men suck’

Rosie O’Donnell called sexual misconduct allegations against former Rep. Eric Swalwell “heartbreaking,” comparing the disgraced California Democrat to former President Bill Clinton and concluding that “men suck.”

“Can we talk a little bit about Eric Swalwell? “” Ms O’Donnell said in a TikTok video posted on Tuesday. “I know this guy. In the ‘In what way?’ I spoke to him on the phone several times, I gave him some money, I think.

The 64-year-old comedian said she had publicly praised Mr. Swalwell in the past, citing his family and his willingness to challenge colleagues on their conduct — a posture she now finds extremely hypocritical.

“And then all this comes out about him, and it breaks my heart,” she said. “And I wrote him. I wrote him a little message and I said, ‘You know, Bill Clinton broke my heart, and now you can too.’ Do you know the conclusion I came to? Men suck.

Ms O’Donnell went on to argue that men are physiologically incapable of controlling their sexual urges, saying Swalwell’s situation had taught her not to trust anyone in public life.

“People have images and sell themselves as one thing, but they are not that thing,” she said. “They have complications like all humans, right? They have addictions, urges, frontal lobe disorders, narcissism, a spoiled and privileged upbringing that distorts their perspective.”

In a follow-up video released on Wednesday, Ms O’Donnell said she was “so angry” with Mr Swalwell. “I’m so disappointed and I’m so fed up with all the politicians, because all they do is lie, 24/7.”

Mr. Swalwell announced his resignation from Congress on Monday, a day after suspending his campaign for governor of California, following allegations from four women of sexual harassment, assault and rape. A former congressman accused him of sexually assaulting her twice when she was too drunk to consent.

A second woman, Lonna Drewes, later claimed at a news conference in Los Angeles that Mr. Swalwell drugged and raped her in his West Hollywood hotel room in 2018. Three other women accused him of sending explicit unsolicited messages. Mr. Swalwell has denied the assault allegations while acknowledging unspecified “errors of judgment.”

At least two local prosecutors’ offices – in Manhattan and Alameda County – are conducting criminal investigations, according to CNN.

Ms. O’Donnell moved to Ireland before President Trump’s inauguration in January 2025. She acknowledged in a February interview on SiriusXM’s “Cuomo Mornings” that she quietly returned to the United States for two weeks to visit family, saying she “wanted to make sure it was safe” for her and her daughter to return over the summer.